President Obama: Swearing-in Ceremony

Barack Obama took the Oath of Office for his second term as President of the United States 

President Barack Obama issued a call to unity in his second inaugural address, urging the nation to move past the divisions that marked the last four years in politics and told the thousands of people attending the ceremony that “our journey is not complete” .

Today's ceremonies coincided with the federal holiday honouring Martin Luther King, Jr. Obama used one of King's Bibles during today's inauguration.